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Chapter: 2200 Standard Filing Unit Program: RAP 50 2260.0407.05 Nonrefugee Minor Child May be Included (RAP) A nonrefugee minor child under 18 years of age born to refugee parents, living in the home, or if away from home, who meets temporary absence criteria, may have their needs included. 2260.0407.06 Refugee Parent of a Minor Refugee Child (RAP) A refugee parent of a minor refugee child in the home, or if away from home, who meets temporary absence criteria, may be included. The refugee parent can choose not to have needs considered, but must have assets and income considered.

The needs of a U.S. citizen or otherwise ineligible refugee or nonrefugee parent cannot be considered in the SFU budget. However, their assets and income must be considered. 2260.0407.07 Refugee Caretaker of Child Under 18 (RAP) The refugee caretaker (relative or nonrelative) of an eligible minor refugee child under 18 years of age living in the home, or if away from home, who meets temporary absence criteria, is included when the relative wishes to be included. The refugee relative or nonrelative caretaker may elect to be considered as a separate SFU. 2260.0408 Needs Excluded (RAP) Passages 2260.0409 through 2260.0411 will discuss SFU members whose needs have been excluded from the assistance group. 2260.0409 Individuals Excluded from SFU and AG (RAP) The following individuals cannot be considered in the assistance group. The needs, income, and assets of these individuals are not included in the SFU:

1. individuals who receive SSI benefits or who are included in an SSI benefit as an essential person (refer to passage 2260.0405.03 for the definition of an essential person);

Exception: Concurrent eligibility for payments from SSI and Title IV-E foster care, or from SSI and Title IV-E adoption assistance, is allowed. However, the child's SSI payment will be reduced by the amount of the Title IV-E payment. If the adoptive parents choose only SSI, once the adoption is finalized, and if no adoption assistance agreement is executed, they may not later receive Title IV-E adoption assistance payments.

Note: When the only potentially eligible child in the family receives SSI, the parents or caretaker relative may be eligible to receive TCA for themselves.

2. individuals who receive Optional State Supplementation (OSS);

3. individuals covered under the Institutional Care Program (ICP);

4. individuals who are receiving non-TCA assistance under the Refugee Assistance Program (RAP) in another SFU;

5. individuals who are receiving TCA assistance in another SFU;

6. individuals in a period of ineligibility due to receipt of lump sum income or asset transfer;

7. a teen parent who is a recipient of foster care payments and the child who lives with the child's parent in the foster home. The child may or may not be adjudicated dependent; and